The better side lost - Scott

Last updated : 27 November 2011 By Bigrich.....

"The better sides lost, but that's what happens when you play top teams, you've got to concentrate 100% of the time, we did it for 95% and switched off at the beginning of the second half and conceeded the goal but apart from that I've lost count of the amount of very good chances. We've not hit the target enough."

"They've had 2 or three chances, Steve (Evans - Crawley boss) will probably say its a fantastic away performance and they deserved to win but everybody in the stadium will know that certainly wasnt the case and we've been mugged a little bit but we pick ourselves up and have to be more ruthless indiviudally in terms of making sure we do our jobs all of the time and not think that we're too clever."

"The gameplan worked an absolute treat apart from 2 instances when people switch off and thats what happens."

Scott was asked about the Crawley equiliser which came just after the second half kick off; "You find out about players and you ask them to do the same things and ask for a collectiveness and ruthlessness and Crawley have got that and they're demanding of each other. We just had a spell at the beginning of the second half for some unknown reason where we just wanted to get rid of the ball and were aimless in what we were doing and it allowed them to have the imputus, people then start chasing to make up for peoples mistakes and we end up all over the place and conceed a goal."

"We found our feet after that and had some unbelivably good chances and if we hit the target we would probably go on and win that five or six - two, but its all if but's and maybe's and  we are where we are in the league because of our deficencys defensively but also we cant rely on our forwards to be scoring four or five goals every time but we're having to."

"We got into some great positions, on another day they go in, but we've lost the game. I'd rather they miss the chances at four nil up but we missed them at 0-0 and if we go in at half time two or three up then the games over really, but we can't fault the lads the work rate and effort were fantastic, but we've switched off a couple of times in the game and got punished."

"We dealt well with a supposed million pound striker and somebody who scored 40 goals last season in the conference and he's done very well this year, we coped with them comfortably but he's gone and scored with his one chance."

"That's what happens I'm afraid but we've got to pick ourselves up becuase the actual performance on the whole taking away the mistakes was terrific, but we've got no points and they've got three. We've missed an opportunity to get into the play off places."

"The league is competitive and it shows that maybe that the 2-3% of ruthlessness and demanding of your fellow players gets you where you need to be and I'm well aware of what it takes to get you into the top three and we've got it in the main, but you need it for 100% of the time, every day in training, every day in games, all the time you want to be a winner! You've got to make sure people around you are winners and are doing their jobs, if they're not they're letting you down and everybody else down."